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Inner Sanctum''Inner Sanctum Mysteries'' was a popular old-time radio program that ran from January 7, 1941 to October 5, 1952. Its creator was [http://www.radiohof.org/adventuredrama/himanbrown.html Himan Brown], who later created the long-running CBS Radio Mystery Theater. It featured stories of mystery, terror and suspense told, in sharp contrast to shows like ''Suspense'' and ''The Whistler'', with a broad tongue-in-cheek approach. A total of 526 episodes are known to have been produced, a great many of which are lost today. Each show opened with a jovial greeting from the host, Raymond, played initially by Raymond Edward Johnson and then by Paul McGrath beginning in 1945. Speaking in an exaggeratedly "spooky" voice, Raymond would spout jokes and puns over a melodramatic organ score that one can easily imagine being played by a skeleton. As the series progressed, even the advertisers would get into the act, trading banter with Raymond before the story proper began. Its campy comedy notwithstanding, the stories were often effective little chillers, mixing horror and humor in equal doses. Memorable episodes include "Terror by Night" (9/18/45) and "The Tell-Tale Heart" (8/3/41) with Boris Karloff. More than a few established stars appeared over the years, including Mary Astor, Helen Hayes, Peter Lorre, Burgess Meredith, Claude Rains, Frank Sinatra, Orson Welles and Richard Widmark. Radio programs See other meanings of words starting from letter: IIA | IB | IC | ID | IE | IF | IG | IH | IJ | IK | IL | IM | IN | IO | IP | IR | IS | IT | IU | IW | IX | IY | IZ |Words begining with Inner_Sanctum: Inner_Sanctum |
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